Add Bite To Your Fall Look With Little Red Riding Hood-Inspired Picks

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The Story

We’re 99.9 percent sure you’ve heard this Brother’s Grimm yarn before but, for posterity’s sake, here are the broad strokes: Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to Grandma’s house when the Big Bad Wolf approaches her and is all, “Hey gurl, Where you going?” After Little Red blabs, the wolf hotfoots it to Grandma’s house, devours the little old lady, dresses in her clothes, and awaits his crimson-cloaked prey who is promptly E.O.A. (eaten upon arrival). Fortunately, a huntsman ambles along who frees ladies and kills the wolf.

The Movie Treatment

The story has inspired countless adaptations, from Broadway (Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods) to 1960’s novelty rock (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs “Li’l Red Riding Hood”). Most recently, it was the basis for the 2011 thriller, Red Riding Hood, starring Amada Seyfried in the titular role and our perma girl crush, Julie Christie, as her beloved grandmother.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Christian Dior

The Runway: Christian Dior

For an updated version of the most iconic piece of outerwear in all of fairytale-dom, you can’t do better than the drop dead gorgeous tie-neck coat that designer Raf Simons sent out on his F/W 13 runway (accentuated by a slick of red hair, no less).

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Marni

The Runway: Marni

Fancy yourself more wolf than waif? Opt for one of the luxe looks from Marni’s fur-trimmed F/W 13 collection.

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A.P.C.

Whether you’re roaming the woods or the urban jungle, a pair of lace-up leather boots, like these A.P.C. ones ($495) in Nut Brown, are de rigueur this season.